The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-12-24
Industrial .Growth IN the soasi
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fertile lands were, left to slumbsr be-
cause unneeded; but new necesaittesI
called into action ali the energy, skill,
aud courage required to devsiop the
wealth of the south, and we must now
confess In the north that the south,
rather than Europe, IL soon. to be our
most dangerous competitor In the pro- !
duction Of the minerals and fabrics I
which have given the north Its vast
'preponderance Of wealth. Iron and
GOAL are more accessible and eau bel
much more cheaply producsd In the
south than in the north, aud soon the
improved great natural highways Of
the south will bring tbesproducts Of
that section into composition with
the world. With the cotton just at
hand, with the finest water power Of
the country in every state, with the
most genial climate, and with the
cheapest labor even when requited
equal to the labor Of the north, con-
sidering the relative cost OF living, how
long can the north hope to spin aud
weave the cotton Of the southe Since
the census Of 1880, Georgia alone has
Increased her taxable property from
$235 SOC, 600 with per cent tax rate, to
S3O6 500, 900 with a 81 per cent tax rate !;
North Carolina, staid and conserva-
tive as she Is, has increased her Itaxa-
BILE property full Is per cent; Alabama
has increased It over so per cent;
! Arkansas increased 1t nearly so per
cent; Kentucky has increased over %
per cent; South Carolina has increased
over 80 per cent Louisiana has In
creased over 125 per cent, aud Texas
has Increased over 100 per cent. They
have now lower taxes, universal edu-
cation, regardless of race or color, and
multiplied wealth Is visible Ia every
portion of the south that Is accessible
to progress. And while Alabama and
Tennessee are rapidly developing theis
wonderful iron and coal beds, the cot.
ton regions are adding hundreds OF
thousands to their spindies with pro.
portionate looms to manufacture their
cotton. Augusta, the beautiful old
city of Georgia, was the first to invite
capital for cotton mills by furnishing
an ample water supply, but Alfalfa,
Columbia, ClarksviIIe, Americas,
West Point, Dalton, aud other cotton
centers Of the state are pushing to the
front and are rapidly advancing to the
music of their mills. 1t would be idle
for the north to close Its eyes to the
fact that the present wonderful indus
trial development in the south, with
her fertile lands aud genial climate
must speedily turn the great tide o.
emigration from the west 10 the south
The furnaces, shops and MILLS are in
wiling skilled industry the fertile and
!, cheap lands are vastly more desirable
to the farmer than the lands now oh
tainable at the same price In the west
and the time is here when the work
ingman who seeks TO own his home
viii turn from the westward star .
empire to the sunny south as the mos
desirable section Of the continent
/, Home migration is now rapidly tend
, ing south ward, and whenever II shall
be known that our own surplus po2u
> iation is moving south, the great It'd,
I of foreign emigration Will follow II
We heartily congratulate the south up
on its wonderful industrial progres
: and matchless opportunities, and shall
ever rejoice at It's advancement. II
shall ou,strip the north in certain line
of industry, all should give generou
, tribute to a progress that Is in no sens
I sectional, but that adds 10 the wealth
a grandeur, and power Of the whole r,
@ public.
g Remember the sda,e OF the primari'